CBP Detaining Batteries Under UFLPA, Lawyer Says
CBP is now detaining imports of batteries under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, customs lawyer Richard Mojica said in a post on LinkedIn. “CBP’s Detention Notice Addendum -- a document that lists commodity-specific supply chain tracing requirements -- now references batteries,” Mojica said.
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Among other things, the detention notices are now requesting “a complete list of raw materials (e.g., lithium ion phosphate, lead, copper, PCBAs), together with their manufacturer and country of origin,” as well as “flowcharts of the battery production processes (e.g., mineral extraction, slurry prep, electrode coating),” Mojica said.
The notices also request “a list of battery manufacturing equipment owned by each manufacturing party (e.g. coating machines, vacuum mixers),” and “transportation documents between suppliers and manufacturers indicating the movement of all components through the finished product,” he said.
CBP did not immediately comment.